2018 Volume 44 Issue 12 Pages 614-622
We began to print laboratory data on prescriptions and introduced a system called the checking prescription assist system (the assist system) for a high-quality, effective system of checking prescriptions. The assist system prints drug information for each registered drug and we registered drugs affected by renal function. When a registered drug for a patient with a creatinine clearance of less than 60 mL/min is prescribed, an assist sheet on which information of recommended dosage for each renal function is printed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a change of prescription questions and the utility of using prescriptions on which laboratory data is printed and the assist system. We investigated inquired prescriptions in three periods: from January 1st to March 31th, 2013; from May 22th to August 21th, 2016; and from January 1st to March 31th, 2017. The results showed that the rate of prescription questions using laboratory data significantly increased after printing laboratory data on prescriptions. Furthermore, by using the assist system, the rate of prescription questions about the drugs registered with this system increased. Besides, we investigated the number of prescriptions including levofloxacin regarding which we needed to inquire. The assist system significantly decreased the rate of prescriptions regarding which we did not inquire regarding the levofloxacin dosage. In conclusion, we suggest that by using prescriptions on which laboratory data was printed and the assist system, we can utilize laboratory data more effectively in order to being prepared to avoid the adverse reaction of drugs.
